THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

 

                                                                   FACULTY SENATE

 

  Senate Document Number     3505S

 

  Date of Senate Approval      03/03/05  

 

 

 

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

 

 

IDC 6:                        THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

Request for Authorization to Establish a New Degree Program

 

INSTRUCTIONS: Please submit five copies of the proposal to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, UNC Office of the President.  Each proposal should include a 2-3 page executive summary.  The signature of the Chancellor is required.

 

                                                                                                            Date:    12/07/04           

 

Constituent Institution:                     UNC-Asheville                                                              

      CIP Discipline Specialty Title:               WOMEN’S STUDIES                                                         

      CIP Discipline Specialty Number:      05.0207  Level: B                        M           1st Prof        D     

      Exact Title of the Proposed Degree:      Bachelor of Arts in WOMEN’S STUDIES                           

      Exact Degree Abbreviation (e.g. B.S., B.A., M.A., M.S., Ed.D., Ph.D.):        B.A.                

      Does the proposed program constitute a substantive change as defined by SACS? Yes___ No_X_

      a)  Is it at a more advanced level than those previously authorized?  Yes___  No_X_

      b)  Is the proposed program in a new discipline division?  Yes____  No __X__

      Proposed date to establish degree program (allow at least 3-6 months for proposal review):

      month _  August______  year   2005                 

      Do you plan to offer the proposed program away from campus during the first year of operation?  Yes         No   X                

      If so, complete the form to be used to request establishment of a distance education program and submit it along with this request.

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

We are creating this major to meet a limited but enthusiastic demand from a small number of UNCA students. History tells us we will have about six majors at any one time.  The course distribution comes from an extensive study of requirements in Women’s Studies majors at other liberal arts colleges.  The overall philosophy is to offer students a broad-based interdisciplinary examination of the topic.

 

Because this major draws on offerings from a broad range of departments and faculty, it fits well into the UNCA philosophy of integrative liberal studies.

 

This new major will have no negative impact on UNCA. Many of the students will be people who would otherwise have enrolled in the existing minor.  The majors will easily be able to fit their schedules into UNCA’s current pattern of course offerings.

 

The proposal includes only one new course, a community service internship which will have a positive impact since help provided by the students will generate goodwill towards UNCA.

 

I.    Description of the Program

      A.    Describe the proposed degree program (i.e., its nature, scope, and intended audience).

 

Already a successful minor at UNCA with a long track record of attracting large numbers of students and faculty, Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary program that examines the role of women and gender in history, literature, society, science and culture using a variety of methodologies and feminist theoretical perspectives. Following the lead of institutions nationwide and in our state, we seek to expand the program consistent with the growth of the discipline (one indicator: several institutions now offer PhDs in Women's Studies). We seek to establish a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Women's Studies.

 

      B.    List the educational objectives of the program.

 

The WOMEN'S STUDIES MAJOR will provide high quality, well respected interdisciplinary, student centered undergraduate education. Upon completion of their degrees, students should be able to:

a.     document women's achievements and contributions throughout history through study of social change movements, politics and government, fine arts, literature, and the social sciences;

b.     demonstrate critical thinking skills in written and oral presentation;

c.     understand core concepts in feminist research in the social sciences and humanities;

d.     apply feminist pedagogical methods;

e.     undertake individual and group problem solving;

f.     recognize the intersections between gender inequality and other forms of oppression (race, sexual identity, disability, and class) and that women occupy diverse positions within both US and global structures.

 

 

In addition, the WOMEN'S STUDIES MAJOR will provide strong undergraduate training for further advanced study. In accomplishing this goal, the program will:

a.     help students develop professional skills and knowledge, ethical integrity, leadership and management skills, and access to professional networks and/or advanced degree programs;

b.     mentor students in order to provide opportunities to attend professional conferences as presenters and to prepare publishable research articles.

 

      C.    Describe the relationship of the program to other programs currently offered at the proposing institution, including the common use of:  (1) courses, (2) faculty, (3) facilities, and (4) other resources.

1.     Following is the curriculum for the major in women’s studies.  A truly interdisciplinary program, it draws from offerings from departments across the campus.

 

Major in Women’s Studies

Total of 36 hours, distributed as follows:

12 Hours in a Required Core:

WMST    100       Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)

WMST    365/PHIL 365  Feminist Theory (3)

WMST    400       Senior Seminar in Women’s Studies (3)

WMST    451       Community Service Internship (3)(new course)

9 hours elected from Social Sciences/Natural Sciences:

ECON     330       Women, Men, and Work (3)

HWP       154       Women’s Health (3)

POLS      348       Women and Politics (3)

PSYC      333       Psychology of Women (3)

PSYC      368       Psychology of Close Relationships (3)

SOC        359       Women of Color and Feminism (3)

 

9 hours elected from Humanities courses below:

CLAS      350       Women in Antiquity (3)

HIST       301       Women in United States History: 1890s to Present (3)

HIST       354       European Women: Antiquity to 1700 (3)

HIST       355       European Women: 1700 to the Present (3)

HIST       383       Women in China (3)

LIT         359       Major Women Writers (3)

MCOM   364       19th Century Newspaperwomen (3)

PHIL       302       Philosophy of Sex and Gender (3)

 

6 Hours elected from courses below in Gender, Sexuality, Race and Class:

ANTH     100       Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)

                      ANTH    361       Writing Gender (3)

POLS      330       Individual Rights and Civil Liberties (3)

POLS      331       Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (3)

POLS      353       Politics and Social Welfare Policy (3)

POLS      388       Human Rights and International Politics (3)

SOC        240       Evolution, Revolution and Social Change (3)

SOC        312       Society, Culture, and Poverty (3)

SOC        365       Violence in America (3)

SOC        390       Queer Sociology (3)

SOC        420      Difference and Inequality (3)

 

2.     Women's Studies is the oldest of the interdisciplinary programs, now in its 12th year of existence. Our faculty are housed in eight different departments across campus. When we become a degree granting program, we will be the third interdisciplinary program to offer a major (Environmental Studies and Multimedia Arts and Sciences being the others).

 

3.     Courses meet in general classrooms

 

4.     No demand on other resources.

 

II.   Justification for the Program—Narrative Statement

A.  Describe the proposed program as it relates to:

             1.     the institutional mission and strategic plan

 

Probably more than in many of our current majors, the WOMEN’S STUDIES minor already provides a "liberating education" which fosters "humane values in thought and action." A central goal of the program is to strengthen critical thinking and inquiry through a focus on women's experiences and the social construction of gender in its relation to race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability and age in both the past and present. Thus diversity is central to what we do. The study of femininity and masculinity, the relations between women and men, and the differential power structures that create these social categories are issues that cut across the curriculum, enabling our majors/minors to achieve a deep knowledge of "connections among the disciplines." The program of study frames questions of gender and feminisms in ways that connect the local to the global and promote an understanding of relations of power in multiple contexts. A variety of courses in the program provide frameworks for personal reflection on basic life experiences. Majors acquire the breadth and depth of exposure necessary to appraise different research tools, methodologies and substantive approaches to central questions in women's and gender studies.

 

             2.     student demand

 

An April 2003 survey of 247 students found that 41 respondents would consider Women’s Studies for their major or double major.  The survey population consisted of degree-seeking undergraduates who:

Ř      had taken one of the Women’s Studies courses in Fall 2002 or Spring 2003, or

Ř      were Women’s Studies minors, or

Ř      were Interdisciplinary Degree majors with the Individual Degree Concentration.

Results are appended to the end of this document (Appendix I).

 

             3.     societal need (For graduate, first professional, and baccalaureate professional programs, cite manpower needs in North Carolina and elsewhere.)

 

Women’s Studies courses offer an interdisciplinary exploration of the experiences of women and of perspectives on women.  Courses investigate the role of women in society and culture and the phenomenon of the gendered female in psychological, biological, literary and humanistic terms.  This ongoing study of women serves community needs by helping to foster a more stable and equitable society.

 

             4.     impact on existing undergraduate and/or graduate academic programs of your institution. (e.g., Will the proposed program strengthen other programs?  Will it stretch existing resources?  How many of your programs at this level currently fail to meet Board of Governors’ productivity criteria?  Is there a danger of proliferation of low-productivity degree programs at the institution?)

WOMEN’S STUDIES is the oldest of the interdisciplinary programs, now in its 12th year of existence. Our faculty are housed in at least a dozen other departments across campus. When we become a degree granting program, we will be the third interdisciplinary program to offer a major (Environmental Studies and Multimedia Arts and Sciences being the others).

 

The WOMEN’S STUDIES program complements the distinctive interdisciplinary nature of UNCA’s curriculum with its emphasis on Integrative Liberal Studies.  Many of the courses in the program will be submitted to fulfill the diversity requirement in the new general education program of Integrative Liberal Studies the university is now phasing in.

 

The existing WOMEN’S STUDIES Program at UNCA strengthens other academic programs by providing an intellectual home for faculty and students with teaching, research and service interests in the area.

 

No new resources are needed to implement the program.

 

Productivity is not an issue with this program, since all of the faculty are housed in other academic departments, and 2/3s of the courses fulfill requirements for other majors.

 

      B.   Discuss potential program duplication and program competitiveness.

 

1.   Identify similar programs offered elsewhere in North Carolina.  Indicate the location and distance from the proposing institution.  Include a) public and b) private institutions of higher education.

 

a.   UNC-CH (five hours drive away), UNCG (four hours away), and ECU (seven hours away) all offer BA's in WOMEN’S STUDIES.

b.   Duke University (five hours away) and Guilford College (four hours away) also offer BA’s in WOMEN’S STUDIES.

 

2.   Indicate how the proposed new degree program differs from other programs like it in the University.  If the program duplicates other UNC programs, explain a) why is it necessary or justified and b) why demand (if limited) might not be met through a collaborative arrangement (perhaps using distance education) with another UNC institution.  If the program is a first professional or doctoral degree, compare it with other similar programs in public and private universities in North Carolina, in the region, and in the nation.

 

a. As UNC's only liberal arts campus, UNCA is an appropriate home for an interdisciplinary major in WOMEN’S STUDIES. Our mission statement has always closely paralleled the institution's and we believe we have fulfilled that mission as well as, or better than, many of the existing degree granting programs on campus. As UNCA moves to a model of general education, known as "integrative liberal studies," this will be even more the case since WOMEN’S STUDIES is a model for integrative liberal studies with its emphasis on diversity, interdisciplinary, and community engagement.

 

b. There is no need for a collaborative relationship with another UNC institution since all of the courses needed but one are currently being offered at UNCA.  The one new course, an internship in the community would benefit from local supervision.

 

 

C.   Enrollment (baccalaureate programs should include only upper division majors, juniors and seniors).

 

      Headcount enrollment

Show a five-year history of enrollments and degrees awarded in similar programs offered at other UNC institutions (using the format below for each institution with a similar program); indicate which of these institutions you consulted regarding their experience with student demand and (in the case of professional programs) job placement.  Indicate how their experiences influenced your enrollment projections.

 

WOMEN’S STUDIES Majors & Degrees Awarded at Selected Institutions: Five Year Trend

 

Institutions:                                UNC-CH, UNCG, ECU                                                           

Program Title:   WOMEN’S STUDIES                                                 

 

 

Majors - Fall Semester

 

Graduates by AY

School

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

 

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

UNC-CH

10

12

7

12

13

 

4

5

3

4

9

UNCG

4

3

8

5

10

 

1

0

2

0

4

ECU

1

1

3

2

1

 

0

2

2

1

2

 

 

 

Minors in WOMEN’S STUDIES

 

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

UNCA

10

3

10

11

7

12

16

 

 

             Use the format in the chart below to project your enrollment in the proposed program for four years and explain the basis for the projections:

 

 

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

 

(2005 – 2006)

(2006 – 2007)

(2007 – 2008)

(2008 – 2009)

Full-time

1

2

5

6

Part-time

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

1

2

5

6

 

            This is a projection based on our numbers and experience at the other three schools.  The basic conclusion is that the WOMEN’S STUDIES major will have a small enrollment and therefore no significant impact on resources at UNCA.

Please indicate the anticipated steady-state headcount enrollment after four years:

Full-time ______6                     Part-time _____0                      Total          6                

 

 

            SCH production (upper division program majors, juniors and seniors only, for baccalaureate programs).

            Use the format in the chart below to project the SCH production for four years.  Explain how SCH projections were derived from enrollment projections (see UNC website for a list of the disciplines comprising each of the four categories).

 

Credit Hours Projections

 

 

Yr 1

Yr 2

Yr 3

Yr 4

Major FTE

1

2

5

6

Program Category

Student Credit Hours

Category I

13

26

65

78

Category II

8

16

40

48

Category III

8

16

40

48

Category IV

 

 

 

 

Total

29

58

145

174

 

III.  Program Requirements and Curriculum

      A.  Program Planning.

         1.   List the names of institutions with similar offerings regarded as high quality programs by the developers of the proposed program.

 

St. Olaf College

DePauw University

University of Maine-Farmington

Denison University

Skidmore University

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Sonoma State University

         2.   List other institutions visited or consulted in developing this proposal. Also discuss or append any consultants’ reports, committee findings, and simulations (cost, enrollment shift, induced course load matrix, etc.) generated in planning the proposed program.

 

Christa Reiser, Director of WOMEN’S STUDIES, ECU

Marie Farr, Former Director of WOMEN’S STUDIES, ECU

Mary Ellis Gibson, Director of WOMEN’S STUDIES, UNCG

 

      B.   Admission.  List the following:

         1.   Admissions requirements for proposed program (indicate minimum requirements and general requirements).

 

Students will be required to successfully complete WMST 100 Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES and Language 120 Foundations of Academic Writing prior to declaring a major in WOMEN’S STUDIES.

 

         2.  Documents to be submitted for admission (listing or sample).

 

No documents necessary beyond verification of requirements listed in III.B.1.

 

      C.   Degree requirements.  List the following:

            1.   Total hours required.  Major.  Minor.

Major: 36    Minor: 18 (already in operation)

 

         2.   Proportion of courses open only to graduate students to be required in program (graduate programs only).

Not applicable.

 

         3.   Grades required.

Students will be required to have a grade point average of 2.0 or above in all course work in order to graduate with a degree in WOMEN’S STUDIES.

 

         4.   Amount of transfer credit accepted.

Transfer credit will be accepted pursuant to existing UNCA standards.  No more than 50 percent of hours in the major can be transferred credit.

 

         5.   Other requirements (e.g. residence, comprehensive exams, thesis, dissertation, clinical or field experience, "second major," etc.).

Major Competency and Oral Competency are fulfilled through either a service project or a research project with results presented orally in WMST 400.  Computer Competency is met through successful completion of WMST 400.

 

         6.   Language and/or research requirements.

Students will be required to comply with UNCA general education requirements.

 

         7.   Any time limits for completion.

None.

 

      D.  List existing courses by title and number and indicate (*) those that are required.  Include an explanation of numbering system. List (under a heading marked “new”) and describe new courses proposed

Existing Courses In WOMEN’S STUDIES

 

WMST 100 Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES (3)

WMST 400 Senior Seminar in WOMEN’S STUDIES (3)

WMST 499 Undergraduate Research in WOMEN’S STUDIES (1-6)

WMST 171-3, 271-3, 371-3, 471-3 Special Topics in WOMEN’S STUDIES (1-3)

 

Other Existing Courses to be WOMEN’S STUDIES Electives

 

Social Sciences/Natural Sciences:

ECON 330 Women, Men and Work (3)

HWP  154 Women’s Health (3)

POLS 348 Women and Politics (3)

PSYC 333 Psychology of Women (3)

PSYC 368 Psychology of Close Relationships (3)

SOC   359 Women of Color and Feminism (3)

 

Humanities:

CLAS 350 Women in Antiquity (3)

HIST  301 Women in United States History: 1890s to Present (3)

HIST  354 European Women: Antiquity to 1700 (3)

HIST  355 European Women: 1700 to the Present (3)

HIST  383 Women in China (3)

LIT     359 Major Women Writers (3)

MCOM            364 19th Century Newspaperwomen (3)

PHIL  302 Philosophy of Sex and Gender (3)

 

Gender, Sexuality, Race and Class:

ANTH 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)

ANTH 361 Writing Gender (3)

POLS 330 Individual Rights and Civil Liberties (3)

POLS 331 Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (3)

POLS 353 Politics and Social Welfare Policy (3)

POLS 388 Human Rights and International Politics (3)

SOC   240 Evolution, Revolution and Social Change (3)

SOC   312 Society, Culture, and Poverty (3)

SOC   365 Violence in America (3)

SOC   390 Queer Sociology (3)

SOC   420 Difference and Inequality (3)

 

Proposed Courses

 

WMST 365 Feminist Theory (3)

An investigation of selected feminist theorists on a variety of topics that are current in the literature.  Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy; or WMST 100 and permission of instructor.  See program director.

Note:  This is a crosslisting of an existing philosophy course.

 

WMST 451     Community Service Internship (3)

Students work for community organizations which provide services to women.  Prerequisite: WMST 100 and permission of instructor.

 

IV.    Faculty

         A.    List the names of persons now on the faculty who will be directly involved in the proposed program.  Provide complete information on each faculty member's education, teaching experience, research experience, publications, and experience in directing student research, including the number of theses and dissertations directed for graduate programs.  The official roster forms approved by SACS can be submitted rather than actual faculty vita.

Dr. Mary Alm (Literature & Language) (Writing Center)

Dr. Melissa Burchard (Philosophy)

Dr. Lori Horvitz (Literature & Language)

Dr. Sophie Mills (Classics)

Dr. Catherine Mitchell (Mass Communication)

Dr. Pamela Nickless (Economics)

Dr. Tracey Rizzo (History)

Dr. Lorena Russell (Literature & Language)

Dr. Alice Weldon (Foreign Languages)

Ms. Helen Wykle (Library)


ROSTER OF INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

 

Name of Institution                                                     University of North Carolina at Asheville                        Term(s)                   

Name of Academic Department/School                                                                                                              Date Form Completed                                  

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Name

Most Advanced Degree and Discipline

Other Degrees

Courses Taught

Other Qualifications and Experience

Dr. Mary Alm

Ph.D., University of South Carolina at Columbia (Rhetoric and Composition, WOMEN’S STUDIES)

MS University of Wisconsin at Madison (Adult Education)

BA Moorhead State College (English and French)

Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES: The Human Condition; The Power and Politics of Literacy; The Modern World; various writing courses

Director, University Writing Center; Convener, roundtable: Telling Stories: Rhetorical Representations of Our Lives as Women in Composition; Dissertation: Academic Women Writing Collaboratively: A Process Exploration

Dr. Melissa Burchard

PH.D. University of Minnesota (Philosophy, minor in Advanced Feminist Studies)

MA San Jose State University (Philosophy)

BA, San Jose State University (Spanish)

Feminist Theory, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Sex and Gender, Philosophy and Sexuality, Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES, Racism and Sexism

“Feminist Jurisprudence” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; “What’s My Line?: Gender, Performativity, and Bisexual Identity”; “Writing the Female Body in Contemporary Ecuadorian Women’s Narrative”; member The Society for Women in Philosophy

Dr. Lori Horvitz

Ph.D. University of Albany, SUNY (English)

MFA Brooklyn College, CUNY (Creative Writing)

BFA College at Purchase, SUNY (Visual Arts)

Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES; Writing the Road: 20th Century Road Narratives by Women; Creative Non-Fiction by Women; Experimental Writing by Women; Perspectives on Women

Awarded Elizabeth Squires Writing Fellowship; Organizer of F-Word Film Festival: A Celebration of Images By and About Women; Headwaters Faculty Advisor.


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Name

Most Advanced Degree and Discipline

Other Degrees

Courses Taught

Other Qualifications and Experience

Dr. Sophie Mills

D.Phil. University of Oxford

MA Somerville College, Oxford

BA Somerville College, Oxford (Literae Humaniores)

Greek, elementary, intermediate and advanced; Latin, elementary, and intermediate; Advanced courses in Greek poetry, Greek Comedy, Roman poetry, Homer, Plato, Livy, Pliny, Virgil, Ovid, Sallust; Lecture on Greek Literature and History in Humanities.

Distinguished Teacher in Humanities Award, 2002-03; winner PAC (Philological Association of the Carolinas) Founder’s prize for Foreign Language Essay; “Theseus, Tragedy and the Athenian Empire” (O.U.P. 1997)

Dr. Cathy Mitchell

University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Communications)

AM Stanford University (Communication)

BA Florida State University (Government)

Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES; Senior Seminar in WOMEN’S STUDIES; Scarlett O’Hara’s World: Fact and Fiction in Gone with the Wind; Issues in Contemporary Feminism; 19th Century Newspaperwomen

Pulitzer Prize; Feldman Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Service; “Margaret Fuller’s New York Journalism: A Biographical Essay and Key Writings”; “Historiography of the Woman’s Rights Press” in Outsiders in 19th-Century Press History: Multicultural Perspectives; “The Place of Biography in the History of News Women”; “Bibliography: Women in Journalism”;

Dr. Pamela Nickless

Ph.D. Purdue University (Economics)

MS Purdue University (Economics)

BS Indiana State University (Economics)

Women in Nineteenth Century America; Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES; Race, Gender and Work: An Economic History of American Women; Men Women and Work; Senior Seminar in WOMEN’S STUDIES

Former Director, WOMEN’S STUDIES Program; Ruth and Leon Feldman Professor; Breman Professor; member International Association for Feminist Economics; member National Women Studies Association; member Southeastern WOMEN’S STUDIES Association; four entries in A Reader’s Guide to WOMEN’S STUDIES


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Name

Most Advanced Degree and Discipline

Other Degrees

Courses Taught

Other Qualifications and Experience

Dr. Tracey Rizzo

Ph.D. University of Oregon

MA University of Oregon

BA Willamette University

European Women’s History; Women and Imperialism; Eco-Feminism; History of Sexuality

Director of WOMEN’S STUDIES; “A Certain Emancipation of Women: Gender, Citizenship, and the Causes celebres of Eighteenth-century France (Susquehanna UP, 2004)

Dr. Lorena Russell

Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (English; WOMEN’S STUDIES)

MA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (English)

MLA University of North Carolina at Asheville (Liberal Arts)

BA University of North Carolina at Asheville (English, German)

The Art of the Novel; Angela Carter & Cathy Acker: Feminism and the Pornographic Imaginary; Misc. courses in Writing and Critical Thinking; Humanities: Medieval/Renaissance; Intro to Poetry

“Dog-Women and She-Devils: The Queering Field of Monstrous Women”; “Angela Carter”; The Vagina Monologues; member National WOMEN’S STUDIES  Association

Dr. Alice Weldon

Ph.D. University of Maryland (Latin American Literature and Spanish Language)

MA University of Maryland (Latin American Literature and Spanish Language)

BA Duke University (Spanish with teacher licensure)

War in Novels by Contemporary Spanish American and Spanish Women; Narrative by contemporary Spanish American Women

“Understanding Spanish America through Literature: Works of Fiction by Women”; “Bajo el oscuro sol: Breaking the Silence about Cyclical Political and Gender Violence”; “Writing the Female Body in Contemporary Ecuadoran Women’s Narrative”; member Feministas Unidas; member Asociacion de Literatura Femenina Hispanoamericana

Helen Wykle

M.L.I.S. University of California, Berkeley

MA San Jose State University (Art History)

BA Berea College (Art)

Library Research; Biltmore and Beyond; Land of the Sky regional history; co-taught WNC Tourism and Travel with Gwen Ashburn

State Library – Task force advisory committee Appalachian Studies

 

 


         B.    Estimate the need for new faculty for the proposed program over the first four years.  If the teaching responsibilities for the proposed program will be absorbed in part or in whole by the present faculty, explain how this will be done without weakening existing programs.

No new faculty needed. Almost 70 faculty have taught at least one course in a WOMEN’S STUDIES topic. Currently, 10 faculty are actively involved in WOMEN’S STUDIES while only one new course, Community Service Internship, is being added.  Therefore the impact of the major will be negligible.

         C.    If the employment of new faculty requires additional funds, please explain the source of funding.

Not applicable.

         D.    Explain how the program will affect faculty activity, including course load, public service activity, and scholarly research.

Faculty will maintain current teaching, public service and research activity.

 

V.      Library

         A.    Provide a statement as to the adequacy of present library holdings for the proposed program.

Present library holdings are sufficient to serve the major in WOMEN’S STUDIES.

         B.    State how the library will be improved to meet new program requirements for the next five years.  The explanation should discuss the need for books, periodicals, reference material, primary source material, etc.  What additional library support must be added to areas supporting the proposed program?

No additional resources needed.

         C.    Discuss the use of other institutional libraries.

In addition to resources in the UNCA library, students also have access through the ABC network to extensive resources in the graduate level libraries at WCU and Appalachian State.

 

VI.    Facilities and Equipment

         A.    Describe facilities available for the proposed program.

Courses use general classroom space at UNCA.

         B.    Describe the effect of this new program on existing facilities and indicate whether they will be adequate, both at the commencement of the program and during the next decade.

Existing facilities are adequate for the needs of this program.

         C.    Discuss any information technology services needed and/or available.

Existing computer facilities are adequate for the needs of this program.

         D.    Discuss sources of financial support for any new facilities and equipment.

Not applicable.

 

VII. Administration

            Describe how the proposed program will be administered, giving the responsibilities of each department, division, school, or college.  Explain any inter-departmental or inter-unit administrative plans.  Include an organizational chart showing the "location" of the proposed new program.

 

UNCA’s WOMEN’S STUDIES Program operates under the University Programs Division.  The Director of the WOMEN’S STUDIES Program will be responsible for primary oversight of the major.  The Director of WOMEN’S STUDIES reports to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs who in turn reports to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs.




 

VIII.  Accreditation

 

            Indicate the names of all accrediting agencies normally concerned with programs similar to the one proposed.  Describe plans to request professional accreditation.  If the proposed new degree program is at a more advanced level than those previously authorized or if it is in a new discipline division, was SACS notified of a potential "substantive change" during the planning process?  If so, describe the response from SACS and the steps that have been taken to date with reference to the applicable procedure.

There is no separate accrediting agency for WOMEN’S STUDIES programs.  The creation of this major does not constitute a substantive change in relation to the interests of SACS.

 

IX.       Supporting Fields

 

            Are other subject-matter fields at the proposing institution necessary or valuable in support of the proposed program?  Is there needed improvement or expansion of these fields?  To what extent will such improvement or expansion be necessary for the proposed program?

WOMEN’S STUDIES majors will take electives in the departments of Sociology, Health and Fitness, Mass Communication, Political Science. Philosophy, Literature and Language, History and Classics.  No expansion of these programs will be needed.  The effect of this major on these other programs will be negligible.

 

X.         Additional Information

 

            Include any additional information deemed pertinent to the review of this new degree program proposal.

None.

 

XI.       Budget

 

            Provide estimates (using the attached form) of the additional costs required to implement the program and identify the proposed sources of the additional required funds.  Use SCH projections (section II.C.) to estimate new state appropriations through enrollment increase funds.  Prepare a budget schedule for each of the first three years of the program, indicating the account number and name for all additional amounts required.  Identify EPA and SPA positions immediately below the account listing.  New SPA positions should be listed at the first step in the salary range using the SPA classification rates currently in effect.  Identify any larger or specialized equipment and any unusual supplies requirements.

 

            For the purposes of the second and third year estimates, project faculty and SPA position rates and fringe benefits rates at first year levels.  Include the continuation of previous year(s) costs in second and third year estimates.

 

            Additional state-appropriated funds for new programs may be limited.  Except in exceptional circumstances, institutions should request such funds for no more than three years (e.g., for start-up equipment, new faculty positions, etc.), at which time enrollment increase funds should be adequate to support the new program.  Therefore it will be assumed that requests (in the “New Allocations” column of the following worksheet) are for one, two, or three years unless the institution indicates a continuing need and attaches a compelling justification.  However, funds for new programs are more likely to be allocated for limited periods of time.

 

            Current funding levels are sufficient to sustain this major.

 

 


 

 

Costs for Proposed Program/Track

WOMEN’S STUDIES Program

 2-01473

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2003-04

 2002-03

 2001-02

 2000-01

 1999-00

 1998-99

 1997-98

 1996-97

 Object and Description

 Budget

 Expend

 Budget

 Expend

 Budget

 Expend

 Budget

 Expend

 Budget

 Expend

 Budget

 Expend

 Budget

 Expend

 Budget

 Expend

 1210 SPA Regular Salaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    270

 1410 Non-Student Regular Wage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    400

 1450 Student Regular Wage

 

 

 

 

 

      53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      75

 1950 Honorariums

    100

    100

 

    400

 

    160

 

 

    500

 1,100

 

    600

    600

    700

 

    425

 1970 Academic Instruction

 

 

    200

 

    300

 

 1,150

 1,290

    600

 

    600

 

 

 

 1,000

    100

 1990 Other Contracted Services

    630

    630

 

 

 

    250

    150

    150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Personnel Compensation

    730

    730

    200

    400

    300

    463

 1,300

 1,440

 1,100

 1,100

    600

    600

    600

    700

 1,000

 1,270

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2000 Supplies

 1,060

 

      40

 

      -  

 

       9

  

    200

 

       8

 

    472

 

    274

 

 2300 Educational Supplies

 

    974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    126

  

 

 2400 Repair Supplies

 

      30

 

       2

 

 

 

 

 

       2

 

 

 

      16

  

 

 2600 Office Supplies

 

      55

 

       9

 

      11

 

       9

 

       7

 

       7

 

    110

 

      10

 2900 Other Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    296

 

 

 

    220

 

    264

 Total Supplies

 1,060

 1,059

      40

      11

      -  

      11

       9

       9

    200

    305

       8

       7

    472

    472

    274

    274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3000 Current Services

 2,992

 

 1,360

 

 2,090

 

 2,221

  

 1,500

  

 2,272

 

 1,771

  

 2,721

 

 3100 Travel

 

 2,470

 

    745

 

    786

 

 1,654

 

    550

 

 2,206

 

    902

 

 1,389

 3210 Postage

 

      50

 

      12

 

      14

 

      86

 

      10

 

       6

 

      62

 

    225

 3410 Internal Photocopying

 

    251

 

       1

 

      78

 

 

 

    328

 

 

 

    171

 

    434

 3420 Internal Print/Binding

 

    189

 

    251

 

    468

 

    519

 

    489

 

    406

 

    441

 

    681

 3430 External Print/Binding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      28

 

 

 3500 Repair & Maintenance/Oth & Fur

 

      32

 

 

 

 

 

      24

 

      56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3600 Freight and Express

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3990 Other Current Services

 

 

 

 

 

      25

 

 

 

      25

 

      11

 

    109

 

      28

 Total Current Services

 2,992

 2,992

 1,360

 1,010

 2,090

 1,372

 2,221

 2,283

 1,500

 1,457

 2,272

 2,630

 1,771

 1,712

 2,721

 2,756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4000 Fixed Charges

    235

 

    200

 

 

 

    120

 

    200

 

    170

 

      54

 

 

 

 4190 Rent Conf/Other Facilities

 

      25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4901 Membership Fees

 

    210

 

    150

 

    250

 

 

 

    120

 

    170

 

      50

 

 

 4902 Subscriptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

    120

  

 

 

 

 

       4

 

       4

 Total Fixed Charges

    235

    235

    200

    150

      -  

    250

    120

    120

    200

    120

    170

    170

      54

      54

      -  

       4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5000 Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1,303

 

       5

 

 5210 EDP Equipment Hardware

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1,303

  

 

 Total Equipment

      -  

      -  

 

 

 

 

      -  

      -  

      -  

      -  

      -  

      -  

 1,303

 1,303

       5

      -  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total

 5,017

 5,016

 1,800

 1,571

 2,390

 2,095

 3,650

 3,852

 3,000

 2,982

 3,050

 3,407

 4,200

 4,241

 4,000

 4,304

 

 

Current funding levels are sufficient.


 

XII.      Evaluation Plans

            All new degree program proposals must include an evaluation plan which includes:  (a) the criteria to be used to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the program, (b) measures to be used to evaluate the program), (c) expected levels of productivity of the proposed program for the first four years of operation (number of graduates), (d) the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three persons (six reviewers are needed for graduate programs) qualified to review this proposal and to evaluate the program once operational, and (e) the plan and schedule to evaluate the proposed new degree program prior to the completion of its fifth year of operation once fully established.

 

Program Evaluation Format

 

      A.  Criteria to be used to evaluate the proposed program:

Upon completion of the minor, students will:

 

1    Understand that gender and ideologies of gender are socially and culturally constructed.

2    Understand that gender is a useful category of analysis that is interrelated in complex ways with other categories such as race, ethnicity, class and sexual orientation.

3    Understand the history of feminist activism and its differing forms and interpretations across countries, cultures and social groups.

4    Understand that women are both products of and contributors to culture and society.

5    Have been exposed to the variety of theories which purport to explain gender/sex differences.

 

      B.   Measures to be used to evaluate the program:

1    Direct Assessment by Testing

WMST 100 instructors choose one of two essay questions which is given to students at the end of the semester. Answers are evaluated by the WOMEN’S STUDIES Advisory Committee (Assesses 3 and 5 or 4 and 5.)

2    Senior Exit Interviews

Exit interviews are conducted each spring using a questionnaire developed by the WOMEN’S STUDIES faculty (instructors in WMST 100 and WMST 400). The Director conducts all the interviews and reports to the Advisory Committee and the faculty.  (Interviews attempt to address all five learning objectives.)

3    Senior Seminar Presentations

WMST 400 students are required to present their work in class. Presentations are evaluated by Director and course professor.  (Assesses 1, 2 and 5. May provide information on 3 and 4.)

4    Course Content

Collect course outlines for WMST 100, 400 and all electives.  Helps to evaluate if material being presented to students covers the five objectives but can not directly evaluate student learning.

5    Annual Retreat of WMST 100 and WMST 400 instructors

Each year (either mid-fall or early spring) the instructors gather to discuss a specific course or topic and to review program goals and objectives.  Student preparation and knowledge is specifically discussed.  (Accesses all five learning objectives.) The first retreat was held in January 1998.

 

      C.   Projected productivity levels (number of graduates):

            Level          Year 1              Year 2           Year 3              Year 4                       TOTALS

               B                0                        0                    1                                 3                                          4      

               M            Not applicable                                                                                               

               I/P           Not applicable                                                                                                 

               D            Not applicable                                                                                                 

(Key:  B-Bachelor's, M-Master's, I/P-Intermediate or Professional, D-Doctoral)

 

      D.  Recommended consultant/reviewers: Names, titles, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers.  May not be employees of the University of North Carolina.

 

Marianne Ferber

Professor Emerita, Economics

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Gender & Women's Studies Program

MC-494

911 S. Sixth Street

Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: 217 333-2990

e-mail:  m-ferber@uiuc.edu

 

Maggie McFadden

Interdisciplinary Studies

Appalachian State University

Living Learning Academic

Boone N.C. 28608

Phone: 828 262-2493

e-mail: mcfaddenmh@appstate.edu

 

Gretchen Murphy

University of Minnesota, Morris

Department: English

208 Humanities

Morris, Minnesota 56267

Phone: 320-589-6261

e-mail: murphyg@mrs.umn.edu

 

      E.   Plan for evaluation prior to fifth operational year.

Evaluations will take place every two years as a part of UNCA’s Institutional Effectiveness program. Copies of the Institutional Effectiveness Manual and the Biennial Assessment and Planning Report Template can be found at http://www.unca.edu/ir/ie/index.html

 

XIII.    Reporting Requirements

 

            Institutions will be expected to report on program productivity after one year and three years of operation.  This information will be solicited as a part of the biennial long-range planning revision.

 

Proposed date of initiation of proposed degree program:                  Fall 2005                   

 

This proposal to establish a new degree program has been reviewed and approved by the appropriate campus committees and authorities.

 

 

Chancellor:                                                                                                                                        


 

Appendix I.  Women’s Studies Email Survey April 2003

 

 

Who was  surveyed

 

The population included all Spring 2003 degree-seeking undergraduates who

 

·         had taken one of the Women’s Studies courses in Fall 2002 or Spring 2003, or

·         were Women’s Studies minors, or

·         were Interdisciplinary Degree majors with the Individual Degree Concentration

 

 

Number surveyed and percent responding

 

There were 247 students in the population with good email addresses. Of those, 59 (24%) responded to an email survey.

           

 

Results

 

Question

Yes

Maybe

No

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

1. Do you think UNCA should have a Women’s Studies major?

57

96.6%

1

1.7%

1

1.7%

59

2.  If there were a major would you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      a. Consider it for your major?

22

48.9%

2

4.4%

21

46.7%

45

      b. Consider it for double major?

35

71.4%

6

12.2%

8

16.3%

49

      c. Recommend it to other students?

50

94.3%

1

1.9%

2

3.8%

53

 

Forty-one of the respondents would consider Women’s Studies for their major or double major (83% percent responded yes or maybe to 2a or 2b).